Two women arrested after abuse allegations at Va. child-care center

Two women have been arrested and are accused of assaulting and abusing children at a Woodbridge child-care center.

A social services inspector says the two Minnieland staffers punished the toddlers 'physically and emotionally' for at least six months, but no one reported the incidents until August 2013. (WTOP/Kristi King)

WASHINGTON – Two women have been arrested and are accused of assaulting and abusing children at a Woodbridge, Va. child-care center.

Prince William County police arrested Kierra Nicole Spriggs, 24, of the 2000 block of Swift Stream Court in Woodbridge and Sarah A Jordan, 29, of the 12000 block of Kempston Lane in Woodbridge on Friday.

Spriggs and Jordan are both employees at the Minnieland Academy at The Glen in Woodbridge where reports surfaced on Nov. 7 that employees were abusing the children in their care.

More allegations surfaced later against staffers at the Minnieland at the Lorton Station location.